Alamo Beer Co. ranks No. 8 on on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The San Antonio brewery ranks between Indiana's Sun King (No. 7) and Maine's Allagash.

Alamo Beer Co. ranks No. 8 on on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The San Antonio brewery ranks between Indiana's Sun King (No. 7) and Maine's Allagash.

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Rahr & Sons ranks No. 4 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The Fort Worth brewery ranks between Oregon's Deschutes (No. 3) and New York's Ommegang.

Rahr & Sons ranks No. 4 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The Fort Worth brewery ranks between Oregon's Deschutes (No. 3) and New York's Ommegang.

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Freetail Brewing Co. ranks No. 17 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The San Antonio brewery ranks between California's
Beachwood Brewing and BBQ (No. 16) and Illinois' Goose Island. less

Freetail Brewing Co. ranks No. 17 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The San Antonio brewery ranks between California's
Beachwood Brewing and BBQ (No. 16) and Illinois' ... more

Photo: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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Martin House ranks No. 19 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The Fort Worth brewery ranks between Goose Island and Illinois' Moody Tongue Brewing.

Martin House ranks No. 19 on a new Time Out New York list of the nation's 20 best craft breweries. The Fort Worth brewery ranks between Goose Island and Illinois' Moody Tongue Brewing.

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1 in 5 craft breweries on this top 20 list are from Texas

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A website has weighed in with a list of the 20 best craft breweries in America. This is hardly remarkable because best-of lists make great click bait. Online operators know how much we love to debate topics we’re passionate about.

Here’s what is remarkable: Four of the breweries on the new Time Out New York list are in Texas. That’s one more on the list than are from New York. Remember when our state was rarely even an afterthought in such discussions? On this list, at least, Texas is as well-represented as California and it has more crafts named than Colorado and Oregon combined.

Sure, there is plenty to nitpick on this list, as with all such lists. But it’s good to be part of the conversation.

Next step: How long until a Houston-area brewery makes a best-of list?